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"It is the big swing that makes the big money for you." There are big swings intraday, no doubt, but daytrading does have this effect of burning you out.

I'm playing a longer time frame, thought i would exit and buy back in cheaper. I'm still in, btw.

on which time frame ya talkin, boy?

Eh?

long 9424, stop 50t

out at 9440

No, it is not. You have this the wrong way around. A SMALL account is a hindrance. You can't use proper money management etc. But it does not follow that a large acct is an edge. As for that nonsense about waiting for years for a market to come back, i went long at the exact high of one of...

Just gave back 30 pips there, still long though. I'm hoping for a big rally, overdue imho.

Not only has the "house", as emg puts it, but also raw experience has trained me to use risk management, of which stops are one possibility. However, there are a number of forms of risk management. For instance, if you have a diversified portfolio, say you have a 100 different stocks, that in...

What did you see that made you want to short? I've kept my overnight long, for better or worse.

I was just presenting the "exit and reverse " as an option, not necessarily "the thing to do".

I would go with 100%.

I use stops (more accurately I use stop limits if i'm at the screen and stops otherwise). I try and cut my losses short. I try and run my profits. Sometimes its works , sometimes it doesn't. But it's always a lotta fun. :D

Intradaybill says I don't know what I'm talking about because i disagree that this is an edge. Has me on ignore. Think about what this tells you about intradaybill.

Thinking of going long overnight.

I did one trade overnight, cashed out over 100 ticks and took the day off :D .

I traded July overnight, :D , should i be in August? Short S&P now.

May well be the worst advice ever. How about exiting at a small loss and reversing?

:cool:

Maybe one to Greece as well? :D